S.L. 499.22 Art. 6Appointment of Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investigator and inspectors.

(1) For the purposes of these regulations, the Minister shall appoint a Chief Executive Officer from among candidates who satisfy the qualifications in the Bureau’s operational manual to serve as investigator. The Chief Executive Officer shall be directly responsible to the Minister for the administrative function of the Bureau. For the purposes of these regulations, the Minister shall also appoint a Chief

Investigator, on the basis of adequate qualification, who shall be responsible directly to the Chief Executive Officer for the technical aspect of the Bureau. The Chief Investigator shall appoint inspectors of accidents in conformity with the criteria established in the operations manual of the Bureau.

(2) The Chief Investigator shall furnish an inspector with a warrant of the inspector’s appointment and, when performing a function of an inspector he shall, if so required by any person affected, produce the warrant to that person.

(3) The remuneration of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investigator and inspectors as well as to any other person appointed in accordance with sub-regulation (7) to assist in an investigation, shall be determined by the Minister with the consent of the Minister responsible for finance.

(4) The Chief Executive Officer may delegate any of his powers or obligations in accordance with these regulations to any official of the Bureau designated by him. The Chief Investigator may delegate any of his powers or obligations in accordance with these regulations to an inspector designated by him to be his deputy.

(5) The Chief Investigator may appoint himself as investigator-in-charge for any particular investigation, provided no conflict of interest exists.

(6) Where sub-regulation (5) does not apply, the Chief Investigator shall appoint a qualified inspector in accordance with the criteria established in the Bureau’s operations manual, to be the investigator-in-charge for an investigation.

(7) The Chief Investigator may appoint one or more qualified persons to assist the investigator-in-charge during an investigation and such person or persons shall have, for the purpose of so acting, such functions of an inspector under these regulations as may be specified in the Bureau’s operations manual at the time of his appointment.

(8) An investigator-in-charge shall be independent of any parties involved in an accident or incident, the authorities referred to in regulation 5(2) and any other undertaking whose interests could conflict with the task entrusted to the said investigator.